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Aspidaster delgadoi

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae

Taxonomy
Aspidaster delgadoi was named by de Loriol (1884) [A cast of the type is available at The Natural History Museum of Genève, A VII-84-28119.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geological Survey of Portugal. It is the type species of Aspidaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Aspidaster delgadoi de Loriol pp. 635-638 figs. pl. 34, fig. 8
2004Aspidaster delgadoi Villier et al. p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyStauranderasteridae
genusAspidaster
speciesdelgadoi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Aspidaster delgadoi de Loriol 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available